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Appendectomy Defined

Surgical removal of the appendix to treat appendicitis

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Kittitas Valley Community Hospital exercising quality control

Published July 4, 2008, 2:25 pm, Daily Record

Dr. Timothy O'Brien performs an appendectomy in the KVCH operating room. A grass-roots movement lead by surgeons is evaluating three types of operations, including appendectomies. It is just one of several quality control measures the hospital is participating in.

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Patients sue Duke over tainted tools

Published July 2, 2008, 3:52 am, The Charlotte Observer

Eighteen patients who had operations at Duke hospitals in 2004 sued Duke University Health System this week, charging that it committed fraud and negligence in connection with the patients' exposure to surgical instruments mistakenly washed in elevator hydraulic fluid. The lawsuit, filed in Durham County Superior Court, asks that Duke and other defendants pay an undisclosed amount in ...

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18 patients sue Duke over washed instruments

Published June 30, 2008, 10:40 pm, The News & Observer

Eighteen patients who had operations at Duke hospitals in 2004 have sued Duke, charging that it committed fraud and negligence in connection with the patients' exposure to surgical instruments mistakenly washed in hydraulic fluid.

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Lawsuit accuses Duke of fraud, negligence

Published June 30, 2008, 4:39 pm, The News & Observer

Eighteen patients who had operations at Duke hospitals in 2004 charged in a lawsuit filed today that Duke committed fraud and negligence in connection with the patients’ exposure to surgical instruments mistakenly washed in elevator hydraulic fluid.

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Sudden Hearing Loss Could Indicate Future Stroke

Published June 29, 2008, 10:16 am, Medical News Today

Preliminary research culled from a national medical insurance records database in Taiwan suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to stroke, foreshadowing an actual cerebrovascular event by as much as two years, according to a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Sudden hearing loss can lead to a stroke

Published June 28, 2008, 2:04 am, rediff.com

Researchers have based their findings on an analysis of five-year follow-up data on 1,423 patients in Taiwan, who were hospitalised for an acute episode of sudden sensorineural hearing loss. The study showed they were more than one-and-a-half times more likely to suffer a stroke than a control group of 5,692 patients who had been hospitalised for an appendectomy, the Stroke journal reported.

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Sudden Hearing Loss Could Indicate Future Stroke

Published June 27, 2008, 8:10 pm, Science Daily

Patients hospitalized for sudden hearing loss were more likely to suffer a later stroke than some other patients. The findings haven't been duplicated in other research and should be interpreted cautiously. Researchers suggest patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss be evaluated for stroke risk factors.

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  • Appendix Removed Through Vagina: U.S. First: Horgan and Talamini used FDA-cleared RealHand High Dexterity instruments, developed by Novare Surgical. These laparoscopic instruments give the surgeon greater dexterity and control to move around organs and blood vessels.

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